Virtuoso Voices™ - Semyon Bychkoff (Still Rachmaninoff) 0:22 
May 2010 CD 


[Use this clip to enhance your introduction of Semyon Bychkov conducting Rachmaninoff's “Symphonic Dances for Orchestra” (Profil 7028).  Semyon Bychkov’s complete discography is available at arkivmusic.com.]


SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff suffered the musical equivalent of writer’s block for three agonizing years.  When he finally emerged from his creative block, he became quite prolific, composing what conductor Semyon Bychkov (seem-YAHN bihch-KAWF) considers his orchestral masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances.  And with that new work came a mostly new style.


Semyon Bychkov Clip:

"There is a rather direct, sometimes quite harsh type of expression.  There is also a great melodic invention but without the slightest trace of sentimentality.  There is also a great influence of the music of Ravel and Debussy, although the spirit of the music is unmistakably Russian.”


SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

You’ll hear an unmistakable Russian roar almost immediately.  Semyon Bychkov (seem-YAHN bihch-KAWF) conducts the West German Orchestra of Cologne in the Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff.]



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